Terms and conditions of use

SBMC Ltd trading as “The Blue Door” makes this website including all information, documents, communications, files, text and graphics available through the Site (collectively, the “Materials”) available for your use subject to the following terms and conditions and such further changes to these terms and conditions as we may publish from time to time (the “Terms & Conditions”).

By accessing or using the Site in any way, you agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions, without limitation or qualification. If you do not agree to these terms you may not use this Site. We reserve the right to change these Terms & Conditions and other guidelines or rules posted on the Site from time to time at our sole and absolute discretion and will endeavour to provide notice of material changes on the home page of the Site. However you are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions.

Your continued use of the Site constitutes your acceptance of such changes. If you do not comply with these Terms & Conditions, your authorization to use the Site will end immediately.

1. Intellectual Property The Materials on the Site, as well as their selection and arrangement, are protected by copyright, trademark, service marks, patent, and/or other intellectual property rights and laws, and any unauthorized use of such Materials may violate such laws and these Terms & Conditions. Except as expressly stated in these Terms & Conditions or as otherwise stated on the Site, we do not grant any rights to use the Materials. You agree not to copy, republish, frame, download, transmit, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, assign, distribute, license, sublicense, reverse engineer, or create derivative works based on the Site or its Materials, except as expressly authorized in these Terms & Conditions or as otherwise stated on the Site. In the event of any conflict between the Terms & Conditions as stated herein and any other terms as may be stated within the body of the Site these Terms & Conditions shall prevail.

2. User Conduct In using the Site, including all Materials available through it, you represent, warrant and agree:- not to disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to, the Site, Materials, system resources, servers, or networks connected to or accessible through the Site or any affiliated or linked websites; not to upload, post or otherwise transmit through the Site any viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; not to provide any false personal information; not to intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, or any regulations having the force of law; and to indemnify us in respect of any and all claims brought by a third party against us arising out of or in connection with a breach of any of the foregoing.

3. User Registration Where use of the Site requires user registration, you will be required to provide registration information (the “Registration Data”). In registering to use the Site, you agree to provide accurate, complete and up to date information about yourself. You represent that you have the lawful right to submit such information and agree that you will not submit any information unless you are legally entitled to do so.

4. Privacy Policy Your Registration Data and certain other information that you provide to us are subject to our Privacy Policy. (See separate section)

Terms & Conditions of Sale

5. Our Contract When placing an order to purchase a product from us we will send you an e-mail confirming receipt and specifying details of your order. Your order represents an offer to us to purchase a product from us. Such offer is accepted by us when we send an e-mail confirmation to you that we have dispatched that product to you (the “Dispatch Confirmation E-mail”). Any products on the same order which we have not confirmed as having been dispatched in a Dispatch Confirmation E-mail do not form part of the same contract and as such your offer to purchase the product not dispatched to you shall be deemed not to have been accepted by us. Some products are of a technical nature and it is not practical to publish detailed specifications of all the products and keep specifications completely up to date. All descriptive matter, drawings, pictures, colours, specifications and advertising on the Website are for the sole purpose of giving an approximate description.

6. Returns See our section on “Delivery & Returns”

7. Delivery See our section on “Delivery & Returns”

8. Pricing & Availability Beyond what is written on the Site, we cannot be more specific about availability of product. Please note that dispatch estimates are only estimates and are subject to availability of product. They are not guaranteed dispatch times and should not be relied upon as such. As we endeavour to process your order we will attempt to inform you should an order be cancelled due to the unavailability of the product. Please note the provisions of clause 5 above apply at all times.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties In using the Site and purchasing the products, you expressly understand and agree that:-

we give no warranties relating to reliability, satisfactory quality and fitness for a particular purpose in relation to the products;

we give no warranties regarding the availability of any of the products ordered on the Site;

no advice or information obtained from the Site, whether written or oral, shall give rise to any warranty or representation unless expressly stated therein;

the Site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and use of the Site is entirely at your own risk;

any damage to your computer or loss of data that results from use of the Site will be your sole responsibility; and

links on the Site may lead to services or sites not operated by us. No representation or warranty is made by us with respect to the quality or otherwise of such other services or sites. A link to another site or service shall not be construed as an endorsement of that site or service by us. Some but not all of the products come with a manufacturer's warranty. These conditions do not affect your statutory rights.

10. Limitation of Liability To the extent not prohibited by applicable law, we shall not be liable for any pure economic loss, loss of profit, loss of business, depletion of goodwill or otherwise, in each case whether direct, indirect or consequential, or any other loss that is not reasonably foreseeable to both us and you when a contract for the sale of the product by us to you was formed. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall we be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of or the inability to use the Website, any changes to the Website, any material or data sent or received or not sent or received or for any of the above-mentioned damages that result from the use or inability to use the product(s). In no circumstances shall our liability and that of our suppliers to you and/or any third parties for any of the above exceed €2,600,000

11. Events Beyond our Control We shall not be liable for any failure to perform any of our obligations under these terms and conditions which is caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control including, but not limited to any force majeure incident.

12. Waiver No delay or omission or failure to exercise any right or remedy under these Terms & Conditions by us shall be treated as a waiver of the future exercise by us of such (or any other) right or remedy.

13. Severance If any provision of these Terms & Conditions shall be found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the other provisions of these Terms & Conditions which shall remain in full force and effect.

14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction These Terms & Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Republic of Ireland. You agree, as do we, to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts. If you have any questions on any of the above please email us at customerservice@thebluedoordirect.com

15. Safety If any manuals or safety instructions are provided with the Product, you agree to read and follow carefully all the terms contained therein at all times. Any information contained on the Website is not meant to be comprehensive and if you are inexperienced in using the Product or are unsure of your abilities, you should always seek expert advice and assistance.

16. Termination We may terminate the Website with or without cause at any time and effective immediately. In addition, we, in our sole discretion, may terminate your order for violation of the letter or spirit of these terms and conditions.

17. General The section titles in the terms of use are solely used for the convenience of the parties and have no legal or contractual significance.

Privacy Policy

Ensuring the privacy and security of your personal information is very important to us.

Data gathered by this website

We gather and use certain information about individuals who use this website. We use this information to provide products and services, to enable certain website functions, to better understand how visitors use this website, and to present timely and relevant information to visitors.

We may collect the following information: • Website usage data • Information about individual visitors such as your IP address and details of your browser and device

Data you send to us via this website

This website may collect the following information via its contact, newsletter form and orders: • Your name • Your contact information including email address • Other written information related to your preferences that you provide

How we use this data

Collecting this data helps us to understand what you are looking for from the company and to improve our products and services.

Specifically, we may use data: • For our own internal records • To improve our products and services • To contact you in response to a specific enquiry • To customize the website for you • To send you occasional promotional emails about products, services, offers and other things we think might be relevant to you • To contact you via email or telephone for market research purposes We will not share your personal information with or sell it to third-party marketers.

We may use third-party service providers to process and store your data.

Our Email List

We use Mailjet (Mailjet inc.), to manage email marketing subscriber lists and send emails to our subscribers. We offer those on our email list notice of our new products, offers and other news. We respect your privacy rights and will not sell or rent your email address to other companies. If you want to have your e mail address removed at any time we will do this immediately. You can read the Mailjet privacy policy https://www.mailjet.com/security-privacy.

We will not share your personal information with or sell it to any other third-party unless we have your permission or the law requires us to.

Any personal information we hold about you is stored and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Cookies and how we use them

A cookie is a small file stored on your computer or device, which enables our website to identify your computer or device as you view our website pages. Cookies allow websites to store your preferences and track how websites are used.

We may use cookies to: • Record website usage data • Identify whether you are signed into our website • Test content on our website • Store information about your preferences • Recognize when you return to our website

We use Google Analytics to track customer behavior to better improve our services to our customers. You can read the Google Analytics privacy policy here.

Secure Shopping

All payment processing is handled securely by Realex Payments.

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Security Standards (PCI DSS) is a mandatory compliance standard for all payment service providers. Realex Payments was an early adopter of this standard in 2003, making it one of the first companies in the Europe to become fully compliant.

The standard enforces high levels of security in all areas where cardholder data is transmitted or stored. Strong protections such as encryption, intrusion detection and response, formalised policies and standards and security aware development methodologies all contribute to making Realex Payments the secure choice for payment processing needs.

Never send your bank or credit card details by email Please note that email is not encrypted and is not considered a secure means of transmitting credit card numbers. We will never, ever ask for sensitive information via email.

The Blue Door uses the most current Internet security to keep your information safe.